The path I chose was the path that most people ignored because of fear, anxiety and their strongly held belief in lack… — Simon Quperlier Copy Share Image
“You cannot be aware of yourself, for you are awareness itself. How can a witness witness itself? That is like trying to… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
I am a child of the Enlightenment. I think irrational belief is a dangerous phenomenon, and I try to consciously avoid irrational… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The ultimate purpose of Zen,' I remembered the roshi telling me, 'is not in the going away from the world but in… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to stay angry when a room full of bald guys in orange robes start giggling. Buddhism. — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Forget about enlightenment. Sit down wherever you are. And listen to the wind singing in your veins. — John Welwood Copy Share Image
Look at the big picture of the wheel of life. Above it, there is a Buddha. He is pointing, not towards the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Buddha: ‘Though one man may conquer a thousand men a thousand times in battle, he who conquers himself is the greatest warrior.” — David Michie Copy Share Image
It is the Buddhist belief that all things, experiences and people are inherently empty. That is a simple way of saying that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think its about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
When you're around the aura of humanity in those cities, you can't feel anything. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One or two of my friends set longevity records for people who had AIDS. What they did, incredibly hard though it was,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Farmed animals are not future Buddhas donating their flesh out of compassion for those of us who have developed a craving for… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
Buddhism is simply a methodology, a way of becoming one with the part of ourselves that is happy. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I'm vegan, Buddhist, minimalist, an actor. I'm very friendly, though. If I wasn't I think it would be easier to be, like,… — Claudia Jessie Copy Share Image
“There is no miserable place waiting for you, no hell realm, sitting and waiting like Alaska—waiting to turn you into ice cream.… — Lama Yeshe Copy Share Image
It really doesn't matter to me whether a person has a lot of money or a little bit of money. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think that the whole stigma of the name may still burn deep with some of the Native people, but there are… — Donte Stallworth Copy Share Image
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Who's to say what's right or wrong? The courts and the society can be totally wrong. Nazi Germany, what did they say… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In order to understand why one chooses to be a Tantric practitioner, there has to be an understanding of cause and effect,… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. That is why we have teaching. But the… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“If for a time Buddhism became to all intents and purposes a separate religion, denying the [Page 266] Vedas, the ordinary layman… — Arthur Llewellyn Basham Copy Share Image
